{"id":220,"date":"2011-06-06T11:05:20","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T10:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/?p=220"},"modified":"2011-06-06T11:05:20","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T10:05:20","slug":"mending-nets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/?p=220","title":{"rendered":"Mending nets"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It is definitely a sign that the Harvest is over when you see the nets being rolled up and then checked for holes. The team at Joner are sharpening up their sewing skills and armed with string & a nifty finger knife they are onto the next job, net mending.
\nA pleasant task when the sun is out but now the mornings are getting very chilly you can imagine they do not enjoy this stationary work in the cold. Today is a lovely sunny day so there are smiles all around.
\nIt appears that there are more holes then usual as with the higher rainfall over Harvest and the diligent watering done prior, the growth was a lot more than other years. As the nets were removed the team had to carefully pull the foliage off the nets as tractor was winding them in. Now the job is to check & mend the nets before storing, so all will be ready when the time comes to put the nets on again. It is good to see that both the men & women are working together on this and we notice that one of the team has the prime spot sitting on the tractor!!<\/p>\n